Since last week, crews have been replacing sidewalks near 16th and “I Streets. Officials said, like many sidewalks in the city, they are cracked, bulging and too narrow. They said many of the sidewalks have not been touched in 100 years.

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Officials said although there are several sidewalks in the city that need to be worked on, they will first repair the area's closest to schools, nursing homes and parks.

“Just to have better walkways and better ways to school and just to help the city, because it’s been one of the comments that we get a lot…that sidewalks are in bad shape,” said Greg Riley, the Director of Streets and Traffic Control.

Riley said money from a statewide sales tax and city tax on building permits is helping build the new sidewalks.

“It just helps us to have more money to spend on the streets. We’re trying to put it out there the best way the citizens want,” he said.

Riley said his department started seeing that tax money come in last month. He said there is no timeline for the sidewalk projects, crews will fix them as they see fit.